261. Raniganj

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 31.5% to 34.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.6% between them, down from 97.3% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.